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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 104518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30537]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Minority Business Development Agency

[Docket No.: 241217-0330]

Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Department of 
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory Council (MBEAC) 
will hold a meeting to discuss the work of its four subcommittees as 
well as to have a topical discussion on issues pertinent to the MBEAC's 
mission.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 9:30 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. eastern time (ET).

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held in a hybrid format at the Herbert 
Clark Hoover Building of the U.S. Department of Commerce, located at 
1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. A virtual meeting 
link will be provided to attendees who wish to attend virtually and who 
register in advance by the registration deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joann J. Hill, Designated Federal 
Officer (DFO), Minority Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of 
Commerce at (202) 482-4826; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Additional Detail: The Minority Business Enterprises Advisory 
Council (MBEAC) will hold a meeting to provide a briefing on policy 
recommendations from the four MBEAC Sub-Committees including Access to 
Contracts, Access to Capital, Access to Global Markets, and Data 
Repository. Additionally, the MBEAC will provide feedback on ideas and 
recommendations that relate to barriers to entrepreneurship, ways to 
overcome those barriers, and opportunities to expand access to 
resources to grow and scale MBEs.
    Background: The MBEAC is a non-discretionary advisory committee 
established pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 9571-73 and in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. chapter 10. The MBEAC's 
objective is to provide the Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority 
Business Development with consensus advice on a range of policy issues 
that affect socially or economically disadvantaged businesses, with 
duties including, but not limited to: identifying barriers to 
entrepreneurship and business growth; providing insight to relevant 
data, research, and policy alternatives; and serving as a source of 
knowledge and information on developments in areas of the economic and 
social life of the United States that affect socially or economically 
disadvantaged businesses.
    Agenda: The agenda for Tuesday, January 14, 2025, MBEAC meeting is 
as follows:
    1. Welcome and introduction of council members.
    2. Discussion of MBEAC priorities.
    3. Discussion and Vote by MBEAC of the Subcommittee 
Recommendations.
    4. Public comment period.
    The meeting is open to the public. Public seating is limited and 
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public 
wishing to attend the meeting in-person must notify Nikia Young at 
[email protected] by 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 9, 2025, to 
preregister for clearance into the building. Members of the public who 
wish to attend virtually must also register by this date. A virtual 
meeting link will be shared by email to those attendees who have 
registered. Requests for reasonable accommodation should be made to 
Nikia Young at [email protected] at least five (5) business days in 
advance of the meeting. Last-minute requests will be accepted but may 
not be possible to fulfill. A designated amount of time, from 12 p.m.-
12:30 p.m., will be available for pertinent brief oral comments from 
members of the public who are attending the meeting either in-person or 
virtually. Any member of the public may submit pertinent written 
comments concerning the MBEAC's activities at http://www.mbda.gov/main/MBEAC-submit-comments. Any written comments received by 5 p.m. ET on 
Tuesday, January 7, 2025, will be transmitted to the Council prior to 
the meeting. Comments received after that date will be distributed to 
the members on a rolling basis.
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Joann J. Hill, at (202) 482-4826, or 
[email protected], at least five (5) days before the meeting date. Copies 
of the MBEAC meeting minutes will be posted to the MBEAC website and 
are also available to the public upon request.

    Dated: December 17, 2024.
Eric J. Morrissette,
Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development, 
Performing the delegated duties of the Under Secretary, Minority 
Business Development Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2024-30537 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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